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This year’s competition is a kind of tic-tac-toe involving “tetras” — fiberglass pyramids about three feet across. The competitors are divided into two sides of three teams each. The remotely-controlled robots have arms that can stack the tetras — and block opponents from doing so.
(Riverbank State Park)